Popularity of the last name by country
Canada
- Ontario (1,592)
- Québec (420)
- British Columbia (235)
- Manitoba (111)
- Saskatchewan (86)
- Alberta (56)
- Nova Scotia (56)
- New Brunswick (43)
- Newfoundland and Labrador (14)
- Yukon (9)
All countries
- United Kingdom (241,574)
- United States (127,880)
- Spain (27,430)
- France (15,909)
- Australia (7,766)
- Algeria (5,436)
- Ireland (5,366)
- Canada (3,766)
- New Zealand (3,382)
- Netherlands (2,414)
- Unknown country (2,201)
- Germany (1,409)
- Hungary (870)
- Austria (665)
- Belgium (445)
- Italy (416)
- Switzerland (394)
- Romania (335)
- Denmark (307)
- Poland (243)
- Colombia (185)
- Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (182)
- Latvia (163)
- India (158)
- Sri Lanka (157)
- Mexico (96)
- South Africa (88)
- Peru (75)
- China (60)
- Russian Federation (58)
- Indonesia (56)
- Norway (53)
- Jamaica (52)
- Turkey (42)
- Sweden (41)
- Greece (36)
- Morocco (35)
- Portugal (35)
- Chile (34)
- Argentina (33)
Origine of last name
BARBER : 1: English: occupational name for a barber from Middle English barb(o)ur ‘barber’ (Anglo-Norman French barber Old French barbier from Late Latin barbarius a derivative of barba ‘beard’). In the Middle Ages barbers not only cut hair and shaved beards but also practised surgery and pulled teeth.2: German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name from German Barbier ‘barber’ (compare 1 above).3: Catalan: occupational name for a barber barber (see 1 above).4: Slovenian and Croatian; Hungarian (Barbér): occupational name for a barber of German origin (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Barbier">Barbier</a> compare 1 above and 2 above).5: Americanized form of any of numerous cognates of 1 above in different languages for example Spanish <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Barbero">Barbero</a> Portuguese Barbeiro French <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Barbier">Barbier</a> Italian <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Barbieri">Barbieri</a>.6: Altered form of French <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Barbeau">Barbeau</a>.
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